ISSN: 1546-962X
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Measurements and Monte Carlo Calculations of Gamma and Neutron Flux Spectra Inside and Behind Iron/Steel/Water Configurations
Boehmer, B
Research Engineer, Research Center Rossendorf,

Konheiser, J
Research Engineer, Research Center Rossendorf,

Noack, K
Research Engineer, Research Center Rossendorf,

Rogov, A
Research Engineer, Research Center Rossendorf,

Stephan, I
Research Engineer, Research Center Rossendorf,

Hansen, W
Research Engineer, Technical University Dresden,

Hinke, D
Research Engineer, Technical University Dresden,

Unholzer, S
Research Engineer, Technical University Dresden,

Grantz, M
Graduate Research Assistant and Professor, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz,

Mehner, H-C
Graduate Research Assistant and Professor, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz,

(Received 20 June 2005; accepted 17 May 2006)

Abstract

Gamma and neutron flux spectra were measured inside and behind various combined iron, steel, and water slabs, which were set up in the radial beams of the zero-power training and research reactors Ausbildungskernreaktor of the Technical University Dresden and Zittauer Lehr- und Forschungsreaktor of the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Goerlitz. The measurements were carried out with a liquid NE-213 scintillation spectrometer in the energy ranges 0.23–10 MeV for photons and 1–20 MeV for neutrons. These experiments were simulated with the Monte Carlo transport codes and . With the point-wise energy representation of the nuclear data from library, release 8, was used. For effective group cross sections were prepared by means of from the same data library. The paper describes the experiments and calculations and presents and compares some results.

Keywords:
neutron/gamma flux spectra, NE-213 scintillation spectrometer, neutron/gamma transport calculations, Monte Carlo method, mcnp, tramo

Paper ID: JAI13457
DOI: 10.1520/JAI13457
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